MUMBAI: Actor and Uttar Pradesh Congress president Raj Babbar and Telangana Congress operating president and previous Indian skipper, Mohammad Azharuddin, are keen to contest the 2019 Lok Sabha polls from Mumbai. Babbar was once elected to the LS from Agra in 2009 however he misplaced for former army leader V K Singh within the 2014 polls from Ghaziabad. It’s relatively unexpected that Congress heads of 2 states, as a substitute of contesting from their very own states, have expressed a desire to contest from Mumbai.
With the elections a couple of months away, senior Congress leaders be expecting that birthday celebration president Rahul Gandhi will step in to end groupism within the Mumbai unit. A few months after Sanjay Nirupam took fee of the town unit, some leaders like Milind Deora, Kripa Shankar Singh and Naseem Khan prompt Gandhi to remove him, however some other group favoured him. “Gandhi must come out openly and inform rival factions to work unitedly for defeating BJP,’’ a senior Congress chief stated.
Nirupam confirmed that Babbar and Azharuddin were keen on contesting from Mumbai. “Azharuddin spoke to me about his desire. It is for the Congress management to take a call," Nirupam said. He said that in the 2014 LS polls, Congress was unable to secure even one out of six seats here, but in the ensuing polls, the situation will be completely different in view of the downfall of the Modi government and its failure on all fronts. “Our performance will be impressive," Nirupam stated.
Nirupam, who misplaced to BJP’s Gopal Shetty from North Mumbai by means of an enormous margin, would possibly shift to North-West, from the place the past due Gurudas Kamat had been contesting the LS polls for long. In 2014, Kamat misplaced to Shiv Sena’s Gajanan Kirtikar. Senior Congress chief Priya Dutt, who misplaced to BJP’s Poonam Mahajan from North-Central, may not contest this time. A senior Congress chief stated Dutt had informed Gandhi about her incapacity to contest. If she does now not contest, former city unit president Kripa Shankar Singh, and previous ministers Naseem Khan and Baba Siddiqui will search nominations. From Mumbai North-Central, the place Sena’s Rahul Shewale defeated Congress’s Eknath Gaikwad, former Rajya Sabha member Bhalchandra Mungekar and RS MP Hussain Dalwai are best contenders, at the side of Gaikwad’s daughter, Varsha, a legislator from Dharavi.
In South Mumbai, Congress is about to retain Deora, who misplaced to Sena’s Arvind Sawant in 2014. “I've been serving South Mumbai since 2004 and can proceed to take action whether or not or now not I am MP," Deora stated. Significantly, Congress has all at once staked declare for North-East, from the place BJP’s Kirit Somaiyya defeated NCP’s Sanjay Dina Patil. Congress leaders Charan Singh Sapra and Virendra Bakshi prompt the birthday celebration management to say the seat because of “dwindling reinforce” to NCP within the house. “We suggested the Congress alternate the NorthCentral seat with North Mumbai, the place NCP has a greater chance,’’ a senior Congress chief stated.
With the elections a couple of months away, senior Congress leaders be expecting that birthday celebration president Rahul Gandhi will step in to end groupism within the Mumbai unit. A few months after Sanjay Nirupam took fee of the town unit, some leaders like Milind Deora, Kripa Shankar Singh and Naseem Khan prompt Gandhi to remove him, however some other group favoured him. “Gandhi must come out openly and inform rival factions to work unitedly for defeating BJP,’’ a senior Congress chief stated.
Nirupam confirmed that Babbar and Azharuddin were keen on contesting from Mumbai. “Azharuddin spoke to me about his desire. It is for the Congress management to take a call," Nirupam said. He said that in the 2014 LS polls, Congress was unable to secure even one out of six seats here, but in the ensuing polls, the situation will be completely different in view of the downfall of the Modi government and its failure on all fronts. “Our performance will be impressive," Nirupam stated.
Nirupam, who misplaced to BJP’s Gopal Shetty from North Mumbai by means of an enormous margin, would possibly shift to North-West, from the place the past due Gurudas Kamat had been contesting the LS polls for long. In 2014, Kamat misplaced to Shiv Sena’s Gajanan Kirtikar. Senior Congress chief Priya Dutt, who misplaced to BJP’s Poonam Mahajan from North-Central, may not contest this time. A senior Congress chief stated Dutt had informed Gandhi about her incapacity to contest. If she does now not contest, former city unit president Kripa Shankar Singh, and previous ministers Naseem Khan and Baba Siddiqui will search nominations. From Mumbai North-Central, the place Sena’s Rahul Shewale defeated Congress’s Eknath Gaikwad, former Rajya Sabha member Bhalchandra Mungekar and RS MP Hussain Dalwai are best contenders, at the side of Gaikwad’s daughter, Varsha, a legislator from Dharavi.
In South Mumbai, Congress is about to retain Deora, who misplaced to Sena’s Arvind Sawant in 2014. “I've been serving South Mumbai since 2004 and can proceed to take action whether or not or now not I am MP," Deora stated. Significantly, Congress has all at once staked declare for North-East, from the place BJP’s Kirit Somaiyya defeated NCP’s Sanjay Dina Patil. Congress leaders Charan Singh Sapra and Virendra Bakshi prompt the birthday celebration management to say the seat because of “dwindling reinforce” to NCP within the house. “We suggested the Congress alternate the NorthCentral seat with North Mumbai, the place NCP has a greater chance,’’ a senior Congress chief stated.
Babbar, Azhar pitch for LS seats from Mumbai
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